Lacey Donohue

The Fredericksburg police in Virginia are now launching an internal
investigation into a Saturday night incident in which suspect, Lantz Day,
36, appeared to be tasered for 42 consecutive seconds.

Day was a passenger in a car that damaged five parked
vehicles as it sped through downtown Fredericksburg. The driver of the car
managed to flee the scene, but bystanders attempted
to detain Day before police arrived. According to police, he threatened to
hurt anyone who called for help.

A video taken by a bystander was uploaded to YouTube and is now
circulating social media and news outlets. It shows a police officer
questioning Day and then Day trying to run away before more law enforcement
arrive. An officer uses a Taser to detain him, continuing for 42 seconds as
Day screams in pain, yelling "Stop it! Stop it!" A thoroughly stunned Day
was arrested for obstruction
of justice and placed in the Rappahannock Regional Jail under a $3,500
bond.

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Because of the video, the police department is now being forced to investigate whether the officer's actions were excessive or justified. But based on the commenters at the Free
Lance-Star, the officer's actions were more than understandable. According to one commenter, it "should've gone for a full minute."